Brother HL-3040CN

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

2
Average:

1
Bad:

3

Pros:

Good speed and paper capacity for its price. Solid text printing. Password-protected printing.
Inexpensive for a color laser; fast for the price; excellent networking integration

Cons:

Sub-par photos and especially graphics.
Paper doesn't always land in rear output tray; heavy; printing complex graphics requires memory upgrade

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Last revision on August 24, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Good speed and paper capacity for its price. Solid text printing. Password-protected printing
Inexpensive for a color laser; fast for the price; excellent networking integration

Reviewers Didn't Like

Sub-par photos and especially graphics
Paper doesn't always land in rear output tray; heavy; printing complex graphics requires memory upgrade

Expert reviews and ratings

The Brother HL-3040CN colour laser printer is cheap and produces impressive results with both text and graphics. But it's quite expensive to run in the long term, so, if you do much printing, you might want to look...

By CNET UK on August 22, 2011

The Brother HL-3040CN provides good print speed and paper capacity to micro offices looking for a color laser printer. Buy it...

By PC Mag on May 10, 2011

LED printers are inherently simpler than laser printers, so it’s hard to see why more companies haven’t switched technologies in order to save on manufacturing costs. Brother’s inexpensive HL-3040CN LED colour printer is intended as an...

By Trusted Reviews on August 22, 2010

The Brother HL-3040CN is a basic laser printer that needs several improvements, such as built-in wireless printing and a larger monthly duty cycle before it can be considered a top printing...

By TopTenREVIEWS on June 01, 2010

A competent but not outstanding colour LED printer. Its high running costs mean it's best avoided....

By Expert Reviews on December 28, 2009

A sturdy color-laser workhorse, the $299 HL-3040CN is capably fast for the price and ships with excellent networking utilities for small offices....

By Computer Shopper on October 01, 2009

Leiser, kompakter und sparsamer durch LED-Technik: Die Werbeversprechen des Herstellers Brother wecken hohe Erwartungen. Ob der „HL-3040CN“ diese Hoffnungen erfüllt, klärt der COMPUTER...

By Computer Bild on September 16, 2010